Steering sight adapted to be fitted to the mud guards of motor vehicles



Dec. 9, 1930. o. RENSONNET STEERING SIGHT ADAPTED TO BE FITTED TO THE MUDGUARDS OF MOTOR VEHICLES Filed Dec. 26, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet l Dec. 9, 1930.

o. RENSQNNET STEERING SIGHT ADAPTED TO BE FITTED TO THE MUDGUARDS OF MOTOR VEHICLES 2 t e e h s s t E a h 5 1V Dec. Q, 1930. o. RENSONNET STEERING SIGHT ADAPTED TO BE FITTED TO THE MUDGUARDS OF MOTOR VEHICLES fjiy 7 Filed Dec. 26, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet Patented Dec. 9, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE OSCAR BENSONNET, 01 QETTFRBEEK-BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, ASSIGNOB TO HENRY DUJ'ABDIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STEERING SIGHT ADAPTED TO BE FITTED TO THE MUD GUARDS 0F MOTOR VEHICLES Application filed December 26, 1929, Serial No. 416,720, and. in Belgium February 11, 1929.

I have filed applications for patent in Belgium February 11, 1929; June 8, 1929; and November 16, 1929; and in Great Britain November 7, 1929.

My "invention relates to a device adapted for use as steering sight or designed to indicate the location of the mudguards in a mo- Fig. 1 is an elevation of asteering sight or aimer according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side view showing the device as being fixed to the wing of a mudguard, Figs. 3 to 11 are modifications and detail views.

Asshown in Fig. 1, a indicates the rod carrying theusual sight or aimer Z).

The rod or sight carrier a is provided at its bottom with a flattened portion 0 curved to form a hook d and provided with tapped holes e adapted to receive screws f or the like.

As shown in Fig. 2, the reinforced edge g of the wing g of the mudguard is engaged by the curved portion d of the rod and suitably clamped by the screws f.

As shown in Fig. 4 the rod a terminates by a curved portion 21 carrying a bolt j having a head k which may be pressed against the bead Z of the edge of the wing g by screwing a nut m bearing against the curved portion 2', thus suitably clamping the rod a against the edge g of the wing.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 5 the bolt j instead of carrying a head is is provided with a block or body n recessed at 0 so as to embrace the outline of head Z.

According to the modification shown in Fig. 6 the rod a is provided at its bottom end with a screw bolt 79 passing across a removable clamp 1- having its lower end provided with a stop 8 the head I] of the screw bolt p applying and pressing the said clamp against a corresponding end stop If integral with the rod a and against the bead Z and, eventually .the edge g of the wing of the mudguard.

According to the embodiments shown in Figs. 7 and 9, the rod carrying the sight may be tapered (Fig. 7) or formed with a flattened side portion, as shown in Fig. 10.

In these embodiments the bottom end of the rod a is bent so as to form a hook it engaging theunderside of the wing of the mudguard, by means of an interposed, preferably elastical coin, block orwedge '0 (Fig. 11) adapted to efliciently secure the sight carrier to the mudguard. I

It will be understood that besides the embodiments described and shown herein, any other convenient means for securing the device to the mudguard may be employed such as welding, brazing, riveting, or screwing, while perforation of said mudguard may be involved or not.

Moreover, the device according to the invention may be made of metal or any other convenient material, solid orhollow. Further the sight carrier may be cylindrical or tapered or of triangular, square or polygonal section or it may be of any different decorative or artistical shape. Further, the rod may be rigid, flexible or semi-flexible; it may be telescopic or it may entirely or partly consist of a spring or similar elastical de vice.

Finally, the sight or aimer may be made of metal, wood or any other suitable materialand may be painted or decorated in any colour or shade; it may be in the form of a sphere, cube, arrow, egg, pyramid or. any other artistical object or combination thereof which may eventually consist of an ordinary or rear viewmirror or may be made I luminous by the provision of a lamp or the like, or the sight may be provided with light 7 reflecting glasses or the like or it may be coated with any luminous or phosphorescent product.

What I claim is: 1. An indicating device for the mud guards of automobiles comprising an upstan ding member having a height materia 1y elevat ing the upper end thereof above the mud guard of an automobile,

wise against the outside e ge of a *mud 2. An indicating device for the mud guards of automobiles comprising an ,u standing member having a heightmaterial y elevating the upper end thereof above the mud guard of an automobile, an enlargement at the upper end of said member for i'ncrea's' i ing its visibility, said member having clamp ing means at its lower end for attaching the same flatwise against the outside ed of a mud guard of an automobile, where y thei said member is verticaland said enlarge-" above the edge of said mud ment is vertically guard.

3. of automobiles comprising an n standing member having a height materia ly elevating the upper end thereof above the mud guard of an automobile, an enlargement at the upper end of said indicator for increasin its visibility, a hook at the lower end of said indicator whereby said member may be positioned vertically with a. lower ortion opposite said hook fiatwise against t e mud guard and with the hook behind the flange of a mud guard, and clampingscrews in said hooked end directed toward the member for clamping the member fiatwise to the mud guard and osition said enlargement in direct vertica line above the outside edge of the mud guard of the automobile for indieating its position to the driver.

In witness whereof I aflix.m signature.

OSCAR BEN ONNET.

and having means 3 at its lower end for attachin the same flat An indicating device for the mud guards 

